Charcoal grill



April 1, 1958 L. F. MOORE,- JR 2,828,733

CHARCOAL GRILL Filed July 2, 1954 ID T I L 18 56 [L INVENTOR LewisEanflirz Moore BY "M ATTORNEY United States Patent CHARCOAL GRILL LewisFranklin Moore, .lr., Roanoke, Va., assignor to Walker Machine & FoundryCorporation, Roanoke, Va., a corporation of Virginia Application July 2,1954, Serial No. 441,123

2 Claims. (QI. 126-25) This invention relates to a. charcoal grill, andmore specifically to a portable grill to be used outdoors for thepreparation of meals.

It is an object of this invention to provide a simplified grillconstruction having a minimum number of parts, arranged for convenientassembly and disassembly. It is also an object of this invention tosecure the top member of the grill against accidental displacementduring use.

Still another object of the invention is to provide simplified means forsupporting a food rack adjacent the side of the grill, which will permitadjustment of the position of the rack toward and away from the fire,but will prevent the accidental removal of the rack.

The grill construction according to this invention includes a pair ofspaced apart end walls connected together by a pair of spaced apartgrates. The end walls are provided with inward projections determiningthe positions for the grate members so as to facilitate assembly. Thegrate members include side wall portions and bottom wall portions, andtogether with the end walls, they define a chamber for the burning fuel.A top member rests upon the upper edges of the grate members and the endwalls to support cooking vessels above the fire. Accidental displacementof the top member is prevented by projections extending down into thefire chamber. Secured near the upper edge of each of the grates is apair of outwardly projecting pins upon which food racks may besuspended. The racks may be moved along the pins toward and away fromthe fire, but they are prevented from moving off the ends of the pins byenlarged heads thereon.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will appear as thedescription proceeds, in connection with the accompanying drawings inwhich:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a grill according to this invention,with a pair of food racks supported thereon, and with the top memberpartially broken off to reveal structural details;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the grill of Fig. l, with the top memberremoved; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view along the line 3-3 in Fig. 2, withthe food racks removed.

The end walls 2 of the grill of this invention include foot portions 4at the bottom thereof for supporting the grill on the ground or othersupport surface. On the inner faces of the end walls 2 are groups ofprojections for determining the positions of the grate members 6, to beattached to the end walls. Each grate 6 rests upon a projection 8, andis confined laterally by the projections 10 and 12, disposed,respectively, upon opposite sides of the grate. An ear 14 of each grateis secured to the adjacent end wall 2 by means of a bolt 16 passingthrough a hole in the end wall and a slot in the ear.

Each of the grates 6 includes a side wall portion 18, having a number ofelongated slots 20 therein, through which air may pass to the combustionchamber and through which heat may be radiated laterally for cookingpurposes. Each grate also includes a bottom wall portion 22 of aconfiguration best shown in Figure 2. It will be An elongated handle 24is positioned, as shown, in holesin the end walls 2, being of sufficientresilience to permit of its being sprung into position. The unusuallengthof the handle 24 is advantageous when it becomes necessary to movethe grill while there is a fire burning in the tire chamber, as itallows for a maximum distance between the hand and the fire.

A top member 26, shown in Figs. 1 and-3, rests upon the upper edges ofthe end walls 2 and the side wall por tions 18 of the grates 6. Cookingvessels, such as coffee pots for example, may be placed upon the topmember 26. Displacement of the top member 26 from its intended positionis prevented by projections 28, Fig. 3, extending downwardly therefromnear the ends. Each of the projections 28 is of such dimensions and isso positioned as to lie closely adjacent the inner face of the adjacentend wall and the inner faces of both of the grates 6.

Extending outwardly through holes 30, near the upper ends of the grates6, are pins 32. These pins may conveniently take the form of bolts, asshown, to facilitate their attachment to the grates. Nuts 34 arethreaded onto each bolt 52, to engage opposite faces of the grates 6. The pins or bolts 32 support conventional food racks 36, as will beapparent from Figs. 1 and 2. The substantial extent of each of the bolts32 allows for adjustment of the position of the food racks supportedthereon toward and away from the fire, to control the amount of heatapplied to the food. The heads 38 of the bolts 32 serve to preventaccidental removal of the racks 36 from the bolts.

The necessity for providing means for preventing accidental displacementof the top member and of the food racks will be appreciated when it isrecalled that the cook must approach the hot grill very closely. Withthe heat of the fire on his face, his movements are often jerky andunsteady.

The above detailed description of an embodiment of this invention isotfered as an example only, and the scope of the invention is to beascertained from the claims which follow.

I claim:

1. A grill comprising spaced apart end walls, a pair of grates eachincluding a side wall and a bottom wall portion integral with the sidewall and inturned therefrom, said grates positioned between the endwalls and coacting therewith to form a chamber therebetween for burningfuel, each of the end walls having a row of staggered inwardly extendingprojections and a lower projection spaced above the lower ends of saidend wall along each vertical edge thereof, said staggered projectionsbearing against the opposite faces of each vertical end edge of eachside wall and said lower projection supporting the bottom wall portionthereof, each of the side walls having an ear on the inner face thereofadjacent an end wall, a fastening connected with said ears and with theend walls for holding such end walls in place, a top member resting uponthe upper edges of said end walls and side walls for supporting acooking vessel thereon, said top member having projections near the endsthereof extending downwardly from the under side thereof into saidchamber and adjacent the inside faces of both end walls and adjacent theinside faces of both side walls to prevent sliding motion of said topwith respect to said side and end walls.

2. A grill comprising spaced apart end walls, a pair of grates eachincluding a side wall and a bottom wall portion integral with the sidewall and inturned there- Patented Apr. 1,1958- 2,828,733 p p j from,said grates positioned between the end walls and coacting therewith toform a chamber therebetween for burning fuel, each of the end wallshaving a row of staggered inwardly extending projections and a lowerprojection spaced above the lower ends of said end wall along eachvertical edge thereof, said staggered projections bearing against theopposite faces of each vertical end edge of each side wall and saidlower projection supporting the bottom wall portion thereof, each of theside walls having an ear on the inner face thereof adjacent an end wall,a fastening connected with said ears and with the end wall for holdingsuch end wall in place, a top member resting upon the upper edges ofsaid end walls and side walls for supporting a cooking vessel thereon,said top member having projections near the ends thereof extendingdownwardly from the under side thereof into said chamber and adjacentthe inside faces of both end walls and adjacent the inside faces of bothsidewalls to prevent sliding motion of said top with respect to saidside and end walls, and a plurality of spaced apart pins each having theinner end thereof secured to said grate near the top thereof andextending only outwardly from the side of the grate remote from thechamber to support a food rack freely suspended in position to absorbthe heat radiated through said grates, each of said pins having anenlarged abutment thereon to prevent accidental displacement of the rackoff the ends of the pins.

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